A big SHOUT OUT to Margo and Ian Baldwin, and all of our friends at Chelsea Green, for their thirty years of Vermont-based independent publishing work on behalf of a more compassionate and sustainable world.

CG Reader

At this unique moment in human history, all of us need provocative books that matter – and Chelsea Green has been thoughtfully serving them up for three decades.

Don’t miss their new READER, an anthology containing excerpts from more than 100 book titles over the past thirty years (1984-2014), with an introduction penned by Vermont Commons’ founding publisher Ian Baldwin.

We’ll be providing a longer review of the READER here in 2015 – for now, please join us in thanking Chelsea Green for their wonderful work championing a more resilient planet and human civilization for us all.

December 9, 2014

Chelsea Green Celebrates THIRTY Years of Independent Vermont Publishing! (PARTY)

A big SHOUT OUT to Margo and Ian Baldwin, and all of our friends at Chelsea Green, for their thirty years of Vermont-based independent publishing work […]
December 9, 2014

Why Is The Pentagon Arming Vermont’s Cops? (INVESTIGATION)

Kudos to SEVEN DAYS, our Burlington-based independent weekly, for covering the Pentagon’s dramatic arming of local Vermont law enforcement. This important story explains why our bucolic […]
December 1, 2014

The Only Way To Stop The U.S. of Empire, by Gary Flomenhoft (OPEN LETTER)

Dear friends, The final days of US empire are fast approaching. Perhaps its end will pass slowly and gradually, or perhaps the event will unfold rapidly […]
November 25, 2014

How Much Does It Cost To Run An Empire? (AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE)

Useful insights here, and a reminder that imperial critiques span the political spectrum here in the United States. Free Vermont!
November 21, 2014

Are You Listening, Vermont? Bank of North Dakota (BND) Outperforms Wall Street, by Ellen Brown (BANKING)

While 49 state treasuries were submerged in red ink after the 2008 financial crash, one state’s bank outperformed all others and actually launched an economy-shifting new […]
November 20, 2014

The Burlington Mayor’s Race: A Statement, by Greg Guma (PUBLIC MEETING)

Last week a tree became the latest casualty of redevelopment, ostensibly to make way for a widened bike path but actually to ready the area for […]
November 18, 2014

Peak Oil, Meet Climate Change: The “New Normal” (INDY ANALYSIS)

With refreshing honesty and humor, Jim (LONG EMERGENCY) Kunstler and Dmitry (REINVENTING COLLAPSE) Orlov weigh in this week on their respective blogs about recent oil price drops, […]
November 16, 2014

Happy Hunting, Vermont! (MEDITATION)

With another hunting season upon us here in the Green Mountains of Vermont, we return to the High Country News archives for this gem from hunter […]
November 16, 2014

Vermonters for Pot? SAM Says “No, Dope.” (ADVOCACY)

As the statewide debate about marijuana legalization heats up in Vermont, a new public health advocacy group entitled Smart Approaches To Marijuana (SAM) weighs in. What’s […]
November 16, 2014

The Beast Bitch-Slaps Shumlin (ANALYSIS)

The DAILY Beast, that is. Ouch. “What the Hell happened in Vermont?” Indeed. We welcome readers’ “takes” on why Governor Pete got so whacked in the […]
November 16, 2014

Solar-Powered Vermont (ANALYSIS)

Would you believe that Vermont has more solar energy jobs per capita than any other state in the U.S. of Empire? This is just one of […]
November 12, 2014

Extracted, by Emma Rippe (BOOK REVIEW)

Author Ugo Bardi, an Italian professor of physical chemistry, utilizes his extensive ecological and geological knowledge, as well as his deep concern for the environment, to […]